3.0.0 2756 2026-01-20T14:22:12Z 2026-01-20T14:22:12Z Senate S S 2023-09-11 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2756 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-09-11T20:32:47Z 118 2720 HR 2023-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. Related bill CRS 118 2317 S 2023-07-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2023-09-11 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-09-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-09-11 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-12-07T19:49:04Z

00 2023-09-11 Introduced in Senate 2026-01-20T14:21:53Z <p><strong>Streamlining Organic Research Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill expands Department of Agriculture (USDA) support for organic agricultural&nbsp;research.</p><p>USDA must establish the Coordinating and Expanding Organic Research Initiative for USDA resources dedicated to organic agricultural research. Every five years, the initiative must survey USDA's organic agricultural research and produce a report, including findings and recommendations on expanding research and increasing coordination. USDA must take the findings and recommendations into consideration when preparing USDA's annual budget recommendations.</p><p>The bill also reauthorizes&nbsp;the&nbsp;National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s&nbsp;Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative through FY2028. Further, eligible grant projects are expanded to include (1) facilitating the identification and adoption of traditional ecological knowledge; (2) developing cultural practices and other allowable alternatives to substances recommended for removal from the National List of approved and prohibited substances for organic production; and&nbsp;(3) identifying how organic agriculture can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, build landscape resiliency, and facilitate other related ecosystem services.</p><p>The bill also reauthorizes, and extends funding for, USDA's organic production and market data initiatives&nbsp;through FY2028. The Economic Research Service must conduct an economic impact analysis of organic agricultural management conducted in accordance with the National Organic Program.</p><p>USDA may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension activities relating to the transition from nonorganic into organic agricultural production systems.&nbsp;</p><p>Further, the Agricultural Research Service must submit a report to Congress on the resources needed to increase the research conducted on certified organic agricultural land.</p>

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